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Use Imagination to Help Plan Your Day
"By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment." – Dorothea Brande, American author, lecturer and magazine editor, best-known as the author of Wake Up and Live (1893-1948) Does planning your day fill you with dread? Are you loathe to look at your to-do list [...]
Why It’s Important to Keep On Trying
"If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average." – M.H. Alderson Most of us have a preconceived notion of what it takes to accomplish certain tasks or endeavors. What happens when we’re in recovery, however, is that we often either underestimate or overestimate our ability to do something that’s really important to our [...]
Getting a Little Help From Others
"Anytime you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help." – Alex Haley, African-American writer, best-known as the author of Roots (1921-1992) If anyone among us thinks that recovery is easy, let him or her spread the word about just how easy it really is. The truth is, [...]
Inspiration on Moving Forward
"It takes vision and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove." – Owen D. Young, American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat (1874-1962) When getting up and facing today feels like a job in itself, we may find that it’s difficult at best to find the inspiration to keep moving forward. We’ve heard [...]
Overcoming Defeat
"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author of novels and short stories, best-known as the author of The Great Gatsby (1896-1940) We all know about defeat. We’ve certainly felt it any number of times. Funny, though, how it always seems to creep up on us, often taking [...]
